Steve Parry

Richie Troughton On Noura Mint Seymali’s Arbina And Interview

In the Mauritanian artist's latest offering, Richie Troughton finds a record set to question our perceptions from the outset, moulding psychedelia into a tradition of folk music, and takes the opportunity to put some of those questions to the artist herself

Submarine Director Richard Ayoade Interviewed

The Quietus' Daniel Nixon speaks with the charmingly modest Richard Ayoade, of The IT Crowd and Garth Marenghi fame, whose directorial debut Submarine is out on DVD this week

Duke Garwood

Dreamboatsafari

Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For June Reviewed By Kez Whelan

Kez Whelan looks at the best heavy metal released during June

Cosmic Communism: Soviet Science Fiction on Film

Robert Barry explains the role of science fiction films in the former U.S.S.R. as a season of these long lost films comes to the BFI this month.

Short Fiction By: Socrates Adams

Taking the form a new short story - and a piercing mugshot of an author photo - this week's original writing comes to you via Manchester-based novelist Socrates Adams